Giampapa, 56, of the Northwest Side, was an accomplished long-distance cyclist and corporate
attorney for JPMorgan Chase in Columbus. He was a longtime resident of Victorian Village who had
moved with his wife, Thelma, into a condominium near Dublin about two years ago.

He was able to ride his bike thousands of miles in short periods of time and covered some of the
most difficult terrain in biking, including the same Alpine routes used in the Tour de France, his
friends said yesterday.

“He rode many of the famous climbs in the Alps” in both France and Italy, said Greg DuBois, 59,
of Worthington, who had traveled with Giampapa on his excursions.

“He could just ride phenomenal distances without stopping and without getting tired.”

Outgoing and gregarious, Giampapa had many interests, including music, food and cooking, DuBois
said.

“I think our community has lost a really wonderful person,” he said.

Giampapa and his wife had just celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary, said Ted Meisky,
another friend and fellow cyclist. “They’re very metropolitan and liked to travel,” Meisky
said.

In 2010, Giampapa participated in a
Dispatch feature called “Where I Eat,” in which readers discuss their favorite
restaurants.

He said it was the couple’s “personal goal to keep every Short North restaurant in the
black."

“We don’t have any children, so why not have the fun? If you annualize it over a year, I think
we eat out — one way or another — five nights a week,” he said.

Giampapa was biking north on Troy-Sidney Road, near Loy Road, outside of Piqua just after 11
a.m. Saturday when a minivan struck him from behind, Miami County Deputy Todd Tennant said.
Giampapa was pronounced dead at the scene.

Tennant said charges are pending the outcome of a blood toxicology test. But it didn’t appear as
though Davis was intoxicated, he added. All of the evidence eventually will be given to a grand
jury, Tennant said, but possibly not until May, depending on how long it takes for the blood
samples to be processed.

Giampapa’s friends were at a loss about why he was hit.

“It wasn’t a blind turn,” said David Roderick of Athens, who helped organize the 200-kilometer
(124.3-mile) event from Springfield to Quincy to Troy and back that Giampapa was participating
in.

“It wasn’t on a hill,” Roderick said. “You could see riders for a very long distance.”